Pin-fastener



rE. RICHARD.

PIN FASTENER. APPLICATIONV FILED APR. 2. |920.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921.V

FIG. 7. n FIG. 6.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL RICHARD, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

PIN-FASTENER.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in pin fasteners and more particularly to that class of pin fasteners embodying an article of jewelry and including brooches, breast pins and the like.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a very simple, positive and serviceable device of the character specified, which includes efficient means for holding against accidentall detachment from a garment or other support upon which it is fastened.

In order to renderr the nature of the invention clear to persons skilledin the art to which it appertains, the invention will be described in its embodiment in an ordinary breast pin or brooch. l

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allV of the figures. a v

F'gure 1 is a rear elevational vievvr of a brooch constructed in accordance with the present invention, the pin being `shown partly broken away,

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view ofthe device shown 1n Fig. 1, the pin being indicated by dotted lines in open position,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged end elevational vie-w looking toward the left of Fig. 1 and with the pin removed,

Fig. t is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken substantially upon line IV-IV of Fig. 1,

, Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 taken upon line V-V of Fig. 2,

Fig, 6 shows the pin in elevational and transverse sectional views,

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 of a modified form of the pin,

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 2 drawn on a smaller scale and showing a modification of the invention, and

Fig. 9 is a side view of the pin of the device shown in Fig. 8, removed.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, 5 denotes the body plate Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

Application filed April 2, 1920. Serial No. 370,690.

which is shown as rectangular in form, but which, if desired, can be changed to any suitable shape Without affecting the advantages gained through the use of the several parts of my invention. To the rear side of this plate and at the ends thereof are secured a sleeve and a seat 6 and 7 respectively.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs.

`1 to 5 inclusive, the seat 7 `is provided with a spring catch 8, the purpose ofwhich will be hereinafter set forth. 9 representsthe pin having a head 10 at one end and pointed at its other end, a perforation or eye 11 being provided ltransversely in the pointed end of the pin for reception of the spring catch 8. l

The sleeve ,6 is hinged as at 12 for swinging movement relative to the plate 5 whereby the pin may be swung outwardly from the full line position of Fig. 2 to the dotted line position thereof for convenience in attaching and detaching the device.

Thepin 9 is slid through the sleeve 6 longitudinally so as to allow the pointed end of the pin to be inserted,I `in the seat 7 or removed from the latter, and in order to prevent rotation of `the pin for insuring 'proper alinement of the catch 8 and eye 1-1,

vided in the pin 9. The head 10y eliminates inward movement of the pin 9- wherein the eye 11 of the latter is positioned to receive the catch 8. In order to effectively guide the pointed end of the pin into the seat 7, the latter may be cut away or notched at its inner end as at 15. Y

In the preferred form of the invention, the seat 7 is of tubular form and is provided with a rigid stud 16 which is detachably connected to the plate 5 by any suitable means so as to make the seat renewable if broken. As shown, the stud 16 is threaded into a socket 17 formed on the plate 5 for accomplishing this result.

The spring catch 8 preferablyresides in a pin which is normally pressed inwardly to latching position by means of a helical spring 18 that encircles the pin within a sleeve or hollow stud 19 that is rigid with and projects laterally from the seat 7 at one side, the spring 18 bearing at its inner end upon a washer or the like 2O which is fastened upon the pin, and at its outer end upon the inwardly directed annular flange 21 which the seat 7.

Yone roove 14 ass own in im 7.

is formed upon the outer end of the tubular stud 19. A sleeve 22 is slidably disposed -upon the tubular stud 19 and centrally connected to the outer end of the pin 8 byk flanging the latter as at 23 so that the sleeve .22 mayy 'be grasped andk pulled outwardly for withdrawing the catch pin from the eye 11.

. The sleeve Gis preferably provided w-ith yan ear Qtwhich is received between a pair of ears 25 carried bythe plate 5'for providingv pivotal connection 12 as before mentioned.

Although, for the purpose of strength and durability, the sleeve 6 is provided with a pair of keys 13 and the pin 9 is provided witha pair of corresponding grooves 14 as ushown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, it will be sufficient, if desired, to rovide'merely one key 13 and only rovidinff the pinI 9 with `As shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the s leeve may be` provided witha circular bore and .at27 with saidplate in a manner similar to the connection of the stud 16 therewith.

It will b e seen that when my invention is s ec'zuredto laces and analogous fabrics, the

point ofthe pin will be seated in and protect'ed by the seat, and the fastening pin per se is vsecurely held in position.y

for opening the device.

Whenit is desired to detach my device yfrom the fabric, the spring catchvis pulled outwardly to release the pin 9 and this: pin is then drawn through the sleeve G sufficiently to permit the pin and sleeve to swing With the construction of Figs. 8 and 9, it is merely necessary to impart a slight rotation to the pin9 until the threadedportion 2,6 thereof is disengaged' from the threaded interior of the sleeve', whereupon the pin 9 may then be withdrawn through the'sleeve 6 sufficiently to permit the pin'9 to move yout of the seat 7. The pin 9 may then be swung outwardly in 'theusualmannein f F romvthe foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.r Minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What Iclaim yas new is 1. The combination with a body plate having at one end a pivoted sleeve and at the other end a seat, of a pin longitudinally slidable through said sleeve and adapted for reception by said seat at its pointed end, means for retaining the pin against movepointed end portion of said pin being provided with an eye, and: said last named means including a spring pressed catch normallyrprojected into said eye.

2. I he combination with a body plate having at one end a pivoted sleeveand at the other end a seat, of a pin-longitudinally slidable through said sleeve and adapted for ,.70 ment through the sleeve for retaining the pointed end of the pin in said seat, the

reception vby said seat at itspointedend, f

means for retaining the pin against movement through the sleeve for retaining the pointed end of the pin in said seat,jthe pointed end portion of said pin being provil-ded with an eye, said last namedy means including a spring pressed catch normally projected into said eye, .and meansy to retain the pin against axial rotation relative to the sleeve for insuring registration ofthe eye of the pin with said catch.

3. The'combination with a body plate having at one end a sleeve and at the other end a seat, of a pin longitudinally slidable Vthrough said sleeve with itsy pointed Yend Vadapted for reception by said seat, and Ameans including a screw threaded stud rigid with said seat Vdetachably connecting said seat to said body plate, Y j

4. In a pin fastener of the class described, a tubular seat having a hollow stud projecting laterally rfrom one side thereof and rigid therewith, the outer end of said stud being inwardly fianged, a pin slidably carried by said seat and arranged transversely of the latter with its inner end projecting into the vborevof said seat, a spring encircling said pin within said hollow stud for normally lpressing said pin inwardly relative to the seat, and a member attached to said pin adapted to be grasped for withdrawing the latter fromr the bore of said seat.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' EMIL RICHARD. 

